The first novel of the trilogy introducing Bernard Samson and the rest of the bickering, in-fighting intelligence community in which he is a much put-upon member. After five years of desk work, Bernie finds himself ordered back into the field.
Bernard Samson Séries
Cette vaste série retrace la vie et la carrière de l'espion Bernard Samson à travers une trilogie de trilogies. Plongez dans le monde complexe de l'espionnage, où l'intrigue politique, la trahison et le sacrifice personnel s'entremêlent avec des opérations palpitantes. Les récits explorent les complexités morales et le tribut psychologique du travail sous couverture. Elle offre un aperçu complet du monde clandestin derrière le Rideau de Fer.
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Mexico Set
- 400pages
- 14 heures de lecture
Now on the shadowy East-West battlefield of Mexico City. British intelligence agent Bernard Samson must entice his opposite number, a disaffected KGB major, to take the final, dramatic step -- and defect. But the price of one Russian's freedom must be paid in blood -- blood that Samson unexpectedly and incriminatingly finds on his own hands. On every side, he becomes dangerously enmeshed in an intricate web of suspicion and hatred. Yet how can he fight when he doesn't know where to find his most determined enemies -- or even who they are? Berlin Game, Mexico Set, London Match: Three spectacular thrillers featuring agent Bernard Samson.
London Match
- 437pages
- 16 heures de lecture
With treason epidemic in London Central, a cloud of suspicion passes over each senior agent, and each falls helplessly into Moscow Centre's brilliant, complex trap. As LONDON MATCH rushes toward its amazing climax, the ultimate, decisive confrontation is about to take place--between Samson and the British KGB agent who, from the very beginning, has held Samson's entire life in delicate balance.
Livre de Poche - 8: Prélude pour un espion
- 317pages
- 12 heures de lecture
Bernie Sampson, ex-field man, now a paper-pushing intelligence officer, is sent on a fool's errand to discover if an old colleague har been taking some of the company's cash. But Before he can confront him, he is killed, and Bernie discovers that it wasn't only some cash, it was a few million Pounds !!
Fantaisie pour un espion
- 321pages
- 12 heures de lecture
Berlin-Kreuzberg: winter 1987. Through these grey streets, many people are hunting for Bernard Samson - London's field agent. He is perhaps the only man who both sides would be equally pleased to be rid of. But for Bernard, the city of his childhood holds innumerable grim hiding places for a spy on the run. On a personal level there is a wonderful new young woman in his life but her love brings danger and guilt to a life already lacking stability. In this city of masks and secrets lurk many dangers - both seen and unseen - and only one thing is certain: sooner or later Bernard will have to face the music and find someone to trust with his life.
Fugue pour un espion
- 414pages
- 15 heures de lecture
Spy Sinker is a 1990 spy novel by Len Deighton. It is the final novel in the second of three trilogies about Bernard Samson, a middle-aged and somewhat jaded intelligence officer working for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Spy Sinker is part of the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy, being preceded by Spy Hook and Spy Line. This trilogy is preceded by the Game, Set and Match trilogy and followed by the final Faith, Hope and Charity trilogy. Deighton's novel Winter (1987) is a prequel to the nine novels, covering the years 1900-1945 and providing the backstory to some of the characters.
Takes up the story where the "Hook, Line and Sinker" trilogy ended. It is 1987 and Bernard has flown from California to Magdeburg and the guarded sanctum of the secret police apparatus. He soon he finds himself in a shoot-out with Stasi agents on a dark country road in East Germany.
Hope
- 320pages
- 12 heures de lecture
Bernard Sampson, survivor and spy epy extraordinaire, the star of Len Deighton's two previous bestselling trilogies--Game, Set and Match and Spy Hook, Spy Line and Spy Sinker--is back in the dazzling new series: Faith, Hope and Charity. Using as a backdrop the months before the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Eastern Bloc dissolved, Deighton vividly paints the shadowy world of spies and moles, agents and double agents pitted in which physical violence is only the beginning.
Charity
- 324pages
- 12 heures de lecture
For Bernard Samson, the end is near.In the concluding volume of Len Deighton's superb trilogy that began with Faith and Hope, Bernard Samson continues to peel away the mystery surrounding the cold-blooded murder of his sister-in-law, Tessa, on the streets of Berlin. Although his wife, Fiona, has come back from the cold and is now in the West, his family is in tatters, and Samson has no where to turn for answers. Only his childhood friend Werner Volkman seems to offer the charity that Samson craves, but Volkmann is reluctant to get involved with any quest for the truth, no matter who is doing the asking. And as always, hovering above all Samson does and tries to be is the persistent memory of his father -- a deadly force to be reckoned with, even now.Deighton's back and better than ever. Packed with action, incident and intrigue, Charity brings to a triumphant conclusion a series of 10 novels that represents one of the greatest achievements in modern fiction.
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Brahms Vier. Mexico Poker. London Match. Drei Romane
- 383pages
- 14 heures de lecture
Winter
- 512pages
- 18 heures de lecture
The prelude to the classic spy trilogy, Game, Set and Match, that follows the fortunes of a German dynasty during two world wars. Winter takes us into a large and complex family drama, into the lives of two German brothers - both born close upon the turn of the century, both so caught up in the currents of history that their story is one with the story of their country, from the Kaiser's heyday through Hitler's rise and fall. A novel that rings powerfully true, a rich and remarkable portrait of Germany in the first half of the twentieth century
